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Blade of the Elves by Jonathan Moeller
4.0
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

In this book, Gareth and his fellow knights accompany Prince Tywall to Tarlion as part of Dux Constantine's company, in the capacity of escorts. There he reunites with his parents, his sister, his brother, and most significantly, with Iseult. All the reunions are emotionally charged to one degree or another and don't tend to go as Gareth is expecting or hoping they will.

Several new characters are introduced, along with a powerful and dangerous threat that Gareth and his fellow knights get drawn into, all of which builds to a tense and gripping ending to this book, and the jumping-off point for the next.

My only gripe with these books is the grammatical errors they contain, which thankfully are relatively few, but they are significant enough to be distracting. They tend to take the form of either a missing word or the wrong word, which I would assume is an issue with autocorrect.

Overall, this is a compelling series that has improved and become more engaging with each subsequent book.